Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima (Wahine)

The original "Ninipo" appears in Liliʻuokalani's Buke Mele Hawaii over the notation
"Liliʻu, Hilo, 1876." The song describes a woman's escape form the restrictions of
Hilo, her passage through the tangle of Panaʻewa, her lovers' assignation at
Moeawakea, and their immersion in the sea of Hāʻena. Hilo and Panaʻewa may well
be metaphors of the unhappy marriage to which Liliʻu was bound; Moeawakea and
Hāʻena may well be metaphors of the fulfillment for which she yearned.